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WorksheetsRound 1: 1940's Inventions and Technology
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
What nuclear technology was developed in the 1940's?
The Atomic Bomb
Nuclear Reactor Power Plants
Nuclear Propulsion Space Rockets
Radiation Treatments for Cancer
Which vehicle manufacturer produced the "Jeep" in the 1940's?
Willys-Overland
Nash-Kelvinator
Hudson
Chrysler
In 1946 the first mobile phone calls were made on a car radiotelephone in this city.
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Philadelphia
What was introduced at the 1939 World's Fair and then made commercially available in the 1940's?
Telephone
Television
Two-way Radio
Poloroid Camera
The Whittle W1, patented by Sir Frank Whittle, was the first of these to be successfully tested in 1941.
Diesel Engine
Turbojet Engine
Internal Combustion Engine
Inline/Straight Engine
In 1943, Department of Agriculture researchers, Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan,
developed this fluorocarbon device.
Aersol Spray Can
Propane Gas Tank
Butane Lighter
Whipped Cream Dispenser
On October 30, 1948, the Wurlitzer family released this invention.
Boxed Cake Mix
The Frisbee
The Aqualung
The Jukebox
In 1943, GE Chemist mixed boric acid and silicone oil, creating this invention.
Silly Putty
Foam Insulation
Rock Hard Epoxy
Dental Cavity Filler
In 1948, the world's first electronic stored-program computer was built in England. What was it called?
The Manhatten Project
The Manchester Baby
The Magnetic Computer
The Electronic Business Machine
In 1949, physicist, inventor, and engineer Samuel W. Alderson developed this device,
formally known as an ATD for anthropomorphic test device,
Crash Test Dummy
Voltage and Ampere Meter
Tachometer
Tune Up Automotive Analyzer
With his 1947 absorbent clay invention, this World War II veteran became known as the King of Cat Litter.
Edward Lowe
Kent Draper
David Littering
Dusty Clayborn
Originally intended to be used to detect enemy ships and aircraft during WWII,
the cavity magnetron tube, invented in 1940, soon evolved into powering these.
Microwaves
Mobile Phones
Autonomous Underwater vehicles (AUVs)
Sonar Telescops
